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arraign

[uh-reyn] / əˈreɪn /
VERB
bring into court for charges
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O’Connor said federal law and rules of criminal procedure “require this Court to publicly arraign Boeing and permit the crime victims’ representatives to be heard at or in advance of the proceeding.”

From Washington Post Jan. 19, 2023

In most circumstances, prosecutors have 48 hours to arraign a person in custody, said Louis Shapiro, a well-known defense lawyer in California.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2022

The prosecutor noted the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic could put a snag in efforts to arraign Schulte on the new charges and start his retrial as soon as possible, however.

From Washington Times May 30, 2020

Hägglund wants to arraign capitalism for a similar asceticism.

From The New Yorker May 13, 2019

Who is the poor litigant that would dare arraign an unjust Judge, well sheltered in his judicial ermine, and the entire profession ready to champion him?

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

Amid echoes of the ominous thunderclap of the Faubus election victory in Arkansas, Author Dabbs speaks in a deceptively small voice, but arraigns himself no less harshly than his neighbors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clummerhorn has the cars towed to his garage, lodges the young people in his hotel, arraigns them in his traffic court.

From Time Magazine Archive

It loosely and libelously arraigns Canada Packers Ltd.,

From Time Magazine Archive

The clerk of arraigns arose, and addressing the jury, inquired: "Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon your verdict?"

From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

Scepticism wins a cheap victory when it arraigns faith as a culprit caught in the very act of stealing the forbidden fruit of paradise.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Edwards, Thomas Charles

He hadn’t been arraigned by Friday evening, a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

On Wednesday, Bruce Lion, who was arrested over the weekend, was set to be arraigned.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Juin was arraigned late Thursday and released on a $2 million bond.

From MarketWatch May 29, 2026

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was arraigned in New York federal court on Tuesday after being accused last week of betting on Maduro's January capture before the information was publicly available.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

“It’s one of those court-appointed ones. He thinks they’ll have you arraigned early next week.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

“It’s been arraigning — I mean, raining,” Mr. Conway tweeted.

From Washington Times Sep. 12, 2022

Dr Mehmood says there aren't enough police available to "handle all these cases efficiently and judiciously, without arraigning innocent people to complete paperwork and save their jobs".

From BBC Mar. 12, 2020

It is hard to resist the conclusion that Garner, in full maternal mode, is arraigning him for not being more of a man.

From The New Yorker Dec. 4, 2016

Another positive development involves arraigning and prosecuting poachers in courts in the main cities, which are considered less susceptible to corruption than their local counterparts.

From National Geographic Dec. 10, 2015

Swift to the shore she flies, complaining; The tempest to her pray'r is deaf; When lo! that orb she's so arraigning, Shines forth, and shows her lover safe.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)




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